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Book:Featuring show-stopping imagery and thrilling behind-the-scenes tales, National Geographic 125 Years captures the heart of National Geographic's fascinating history, from its earliest days as a scientific club to its growth into one of the world's largest geographic organizations. The book reveals how much we've come to know about our fascinating world through the pages and unforgettable imagery of National Geographic, and taps key voices from the forefront of ocean and space exploration, climate science, archaeology, mountaineering, and many other disciplines to peer with us over the horizon and see where we are heading in the future.

Organized thematically, chapters focus on major accomplishments in each of the three realms of Earth, Sea, and Sky (featured on the National Geographic flag). Author Mark Collins Jenkins presents the subject matter chronologically, focusing on great leaps forward that dramatically changed our understanding of the planet, from summiting Everest to landing on the moon to discovering Titanic. Sidebars feature famous names including Jared Diamond, Sylvia Earle, Buzz Aldrin, Bob Ballard, Jane Goodall and more, contributing thoughts about big questions of exploration, key frontiers in research, and enduring mysteries. We ask beloved characters like Zahi Hawass whether or not there's anything left to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings; Paul Sereno if we'll be able to create a dinosaur from DNA; Jared Diamond when society faces the next "collapse;" and many more questions designed to be relevant for many years to come.

No mere insider’s account of internal affairs, National Geographic 125 Years focuses on the impact that the National Geographic Society has made on the world and how it has reported and reflected a dramatically changing planet. Special galleries between each of the sections focus on storytelling techniques pioneered by National Geographic, including photography, television, and digital reportage. These offer behind-the-scenes glimpses at the process of telling the greatest stories on earth.

DVD:National Geographic commemorates 125 years with this amazing 10-disc anthology showcasing the moments, the people, and the discoveries that changed the world.

Featuring National Geographic’s very first film, Americans on Everest, and more than 20 additional memorable films, this stunning collection features great historical milestones, groundbreaking discoveries, and legendary explorers like Dr. Robert Ballard, Dian Fossey, and Dereck and Beverly Joubert.

Programs include Exploring New Frontiers: National Geographic at 125, Incredible Human Machine, Gorilla, Search For the Afghan Girl, Secrets of the Titanic, Americans on Everest, Everest: 50 Years on the Mountain, Holland Against the Sea, Save the Titanic with Bob Ballard, Inside North Korea, King Kong in My Pocket, Colossal Claw, Supercroc, Inside the White House, The President’s Photographer, Eternal Enemies, The Unlikely Leopard, Egypt Eternal: Quest for Lost Tombs, King Tut’s Final Secrets, Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man and Bones of Turkana.

Mark Collins Jenkins is the former chief historian of the National Geographic Society's archives. He is the author of The Book of Marvels, Vampire Forensics, Worlds to Explore, and High Adventure. The author lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.